In January, anti-abortion activists marched in Washington, D.C., in observance of the 40th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion.

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Jann K. Armantrout
Guest essayist

Dismayed is an understatement for the public response to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's posturing on the Women's Equality Act. The governor's demand that state legislators vote "either with me or against me" on yet unseen legislation that will determine medical practices of abortion is a mockery of our democratic processes and is an insult to the residents of New York.

Gov. Cuomo approaches the issue of abortion with demagoguery. He is strikingly dismissive of legitimate and well-documented concerns about the not-yet-born child, the women who abort their children, and medical personnel. The ...